March 2, 2015 — Icebound fishing vessels in Bremen got a helping hand from the U.S. Coast Guard when the Rockland-based cutter Tackle came to town on an ice-breaking mission Feb. 24.
The 65-foot small harbor ice breaker was operating near the Bremen Lobster Pound Co-Op in the early afternoon after requests for ice-breaking in that area, according to Lt. David Bourbeau, chief of the Waterways Management Division for Coast Guard Sector Northern New England.
The Tackle was headed to Friendship on Feb. 24 to break out the fishing fleet there when requests for assistance in Bremen came in, according to Bourbeau.
Breaking loose a wide swath of ice, the Tackle appeared to free five vessels near the co-op before heading south and apparently away from Bremen.
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